
Genetic Counselor
Providence
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- Pay
- $44 to $69
- an hour
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Nov 3
- 1 day ago
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About the company

Providence
Hospitals and Health Care · 2 to 10 employees
What you'll do
- Counsel patients and physicians regarding risks associated with genetic etiologies and explain the benefits, risks, and limitations of genetic testing.
- Provide appropriate follow-up care and psychosocial support to patients and referring providers.
What you need
- Requires a Master's degree from an ACGC-accredited program and a Washington Genetic Counselor License.
- Candidates should have experience in risk assessment, genetic test interpretation, and psychosocial support.
- Education: a postgraduate degree
Key skills
Genetic counselingRisk assessmentGenetic testing interpretationPsychosocial assessmentPatient supportClinical communicationGenetic etiologyPatient education
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Perks
- Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
- Employer matching
- Health care benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Vacations
- Holidays
- Well-being resources
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Genetic Counselor at Swedish First Hill in Seattle, WA.
Full-Time/Day Shift
To counsel patients and referring physicians regarding risks secondary to
genetic etiologies. To explain benefits, risks, and limitations of various
genetic testing; and to provide appropriate follow-up to referring physicians
and patients.
Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team
at Swedish First Hill and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person
care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters
here, because we Providence know that to inspire and retain the best people, we
must empower them.
Required qualifications:
* Master's Degree From a program that has achieved and maintained Accreditation
Council for Genetic Counseling (ACGC)
* Upon hire: Washington Genetic Counselor License
* Well-rounded experience dealing with genetic disorders including: risk
assessment, ordering and interpreting genetic test results; and providing
psychosocial assessment and support.
Preferred qualifications:
* 1 year Experience working with patients.
Why Join Providence?
Our best-in-class benefits
[https://swedish.jobs/why-swedish/#benefits-rewards] are uniquely designed to
support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and
achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on
delivering our mission [https://swedish.jobs/why-swedish/#mission-values] of
improving the health and wellbeing of each patient we serve.
Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence
family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits,
including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include
changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies,
availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various
reasons.
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease
my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your
role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support
others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace
where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected.
Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals,
over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska,
California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a
comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing
best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the
poor and vulnerable.
Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this
position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this
position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other
applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional
compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials,
standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus
opportunities.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k)
Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental,
vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental
leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being
resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits
[https://providence.jobs/benefits/].
Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications
with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in
accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for
Employers and the California Fair Chance Act
[https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images.provhealth.org/HR-onboarding/LA_County_Fair_Chance_Ordinance_2024.pdf].
Providence Swedish is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the
greater Puget Sound area. It is comprised of eight hospital campuses (Ballard,
Edmonds, Everett, Centralia, Cherry Hill (Seattle), First Hill (Seattle),
Issaquah and Olympia); emergency rooms and specialty centers in Redmond (East
King County) and the Mill Creek area in Everett; and Providence Swedish Medical
Group, a network of 190+ primary care and specialty care locations throughout
the Puget Sound. Whether through physician clinics, education, research and
innovation or other outreach, we’re dedicated to improving the wellbeing of
rural and urban communities by expanding access to quality health care for all.
Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer
[https://www.providenceiscalling.jobs/eeo/]. We are committed to the principle
that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free
from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race,
color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed,
national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital
status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or
federal law. We believe diversity [https://providence.jobs/diversity/] makes us
stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from
each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.
For any concerns with this posting relating to the posting requirements in RCW
49.58.110(1), please click here [https://providence.jobs/eeo/] where you can
access an email link to submit your concern.